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That’s not the shake, B. … Number one: Harlem wouldn’t be dressing like this – that’s W. 4th Street dancing.
“That’s not the shake, B. … Number one: Harlem wouldn’t be dressing like this – that’s W. 4th Street dancing.” #overheard Why So Serious?
Because you’re beautiful: drop dead.
Fundamental Contemporary Pop premise #celebrityschadenfreude #andthentheresedie If all I cared about was me, I could make a million. And that’s what they will never understand. It’s not that I’m rebelling. …
Foreword Story: Celebrity Is a Minority
There is no astronaut training for celebrity… even though this whole life is so outer space! — Kanye West (@kanyewest) January 18, 2011 “Our society’s voyeurism is the …
Pop put in work Valentine’s Day… Put. In. Work.
Feb 14, 2013: Swiper Bootz: Pop put in work today… Put. In. Work. GREATeclectic: What happened? Swiper Bootz: What didn’t… “Suit and Tie” video dropped, GaGa cancelled BTWBall because of …
RAP GENIU$
And it’s back and forth all day like Red and Meth, I joke when I say I’m the best in the booth, But a lot of truth is said in …
Five takes on the many shades of Dave
Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012 For as long as I’ve been playing jazz, people have been trying to pigeonhole me … Frankly, labels bore me. Legendary beyond compare, brilliant beyond boundaries… five …
Ray of Leyet… “put your hands on my skin”
Words & Photography by Swiper Bootz #WatchThisSpace Find this editorial and much more in Art Nouveau’s 9th issue entitled SKIN. Click here to get your copy!
Vinyl Cut Prose: Why Should Eye Be Sad?
Melt into your melted mirror for an electrifying ride, look deep into the black of my melting mirror eyes. See you reflecting me, reflecting you, reflecting me, reflecting you, …
The Diamond is in the Lotus…
The Earth whispered With a thundering silence The Diamond is in the Lotus #localsonly Free Humanity
“Don’t kill my vibe.” #forewordstory
We feel bad about killing your vibe, so here’s the demo you never got to hear. And the chillun in Rio, and backstage in Colombia.
When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance for this New World Order #successbaby
“America has never been about what can be done for us, it’s about what can be done by us.” – Obama #wedidityeah #boknows #successbaby #preside “When we are successful, …
The Re-Branding of America: Kid and Sean Penn a PSA…
Fellow Americans, it is with the utmost pride and sincerity that I present this recording, as a living testament and recollection of history in the making during our generation. Let me …
If The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit can make it through the Bush Era… #icanmakeitthroughthisday
If The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit can make it through the Bush Era… #icanmakeitthroughthisday
Judging #solely by the cover: Rihanna’s seventh album sounds a bit like…
Judging #solely by the cover: Rihanna’s seventh album sounds a bit like a bleach-backed, scratch-tracked Lady GaGa: The Remix #kanyeshrug
… on the curious case of Mitt & Paris’ Publicized Privacy
“Mitt Romney” and “Paris Hilton” are going hard-press-in-the-paint right now. Note the quotations, because when it comes to celebrity and public figuration: there’s the brand, and then there’s the (wo)man… …
Where were you in 2007? #questionsthatneedanswers
The disregard for Blackout as a snapshot of American society on the brink of beautiful collapse is the only portrayal more accurate than the one it denies, because of …
Fun times and laser beams (or “What I learned from Ke$ha”)
Of course, the reason I thought it was so ridiculous was because what Ke$ha had done didn’t fit within the boundaries of what I have been taught is “quality art.” …
...Can I Get My Thrills?
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